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November, David Mamet

" November"  - A Lanslide Victory,
and Mamet Didn't Even Have to Go
to Iowa or New Hampshire!!!!

EDWARD II

Christopher Marlowe: Edward II
Count Not Your Victories Before the
Last Machine Gun Blast

The Little Dog Laughed

“The Little Dog Laughed”-

And He Had Every Reason To!

Dark, Dark, Very Dark, Gardens

“Grey Gardens” Makes for a Dull Evening     -  or    - One Woman Does Not a Musical Make."

One Post: Five Shows

Early Spring in N.Y. Theaters

 

"Defiance"  at the Manhattan Theatre Club.
"Avenue Q" at the Gold Theater
"All's Well that Ends Well" by The Theatre for a New Audience
"Abigail's Party" by The New Group
"Red Light Winter" by Steppenwolf

The Revenger's Tragedy

"The Revenger's Tragedy"  - Gutsy, Lusty and Fantastic!

By Thomas Middleton

Directed by Jesse Berger

Produced by The Red Bull Company

Matthew Rauch          Petronia Paley           Nomi Peters          Jason C. Brown

PIG IRON ALERT - EAT BACON NOW!

Sorry to give you guys so little notice, but now is better than a week from now. So anyway- one of the hidden treasures of the Philadelphia Theatrical World is in Manhattan for a week – I’ll be writing about them in the New Year, but I didn’t want you to miss the opportunity to see- Pig Iron Theatre Company presents POET IN NEW YORK A one-man show based on the life of gay Spanish poet Federico García Lorca, for a one-week run, December 7-11, 2005, at 59e59th Street Theatres, in midtown Manhattan. Tickets are $25 and can be reserved by phone through Ticket Central at 212-279-4200 or online at www.ticketcentral.com. Pig Iron is a loosely organized company of actors, directors, designers and movement specialists that develop pieces for performance in and around Philadelphia. Founded 19 years ago- their opening mission statement- “We want our audiences to confront history and myth, not as documents of a distant past, but as what they are: the marrow of our existence, the source of our language and the focus of our lives. Today we still dig for that marrow and still aim for the source. We find that the fundamental concerns are not what we expected- its all so much more funny and much more sad than we anticipated”.

They are an extremely talented, politically relevant, humanistically based dynamic company whose work has won regional notice with multiple OBIEs and Barrymores (Philadelphia’ Theatrical Award. Athough this notification is a little late in coming – Break whatever you are doing and see these guys- They may change your life. They are worth it!

Measure for Measure

By WIlliam Shakespeare,

Directed By: Marc Rylance.

Produceed By: The Globe Theater, London

Odd Couple- Oddly Cast

The Odd Couple

"Neil Simon's Classic - Right Actors in the Right Show in the Wrong Parts!"

Written by Neil Simon

Starring Matthew Broderick  and Nathan Lane

Directed by Joe Mantello,

At The Brooks Atkinson Theater,  New York

Dedication

"Dedication, or the Stuff of Dreams" by Terrence McNally

Stumbles as a Piece of Theater, but Makes an Important Point

At Primary Stages, Directed by Michael Morris,  Designed by Narelle Sissons,  Costumes by Laura Crow, Lighting by Jeff Croiter

Review Below the Fold

The Light in The Piazza

"The Light in The Piazza" - is it missing one bulb?

Book : Craig Lucas. Music & Lyrics: Adam Guettel. Direction: Bartlett Sher. Musical Staging: Jonathan

At the Vivian Beaumont Theatre

"Primo"

“PRIMO”-
AN UNFORGETTABLE EVENT – THE HORROR OF PERVERTED RATIONALITY
Antony Sher in” Primo”, Based on the “If This Is A Man “ by Primo Levi, adapted by Antony Sher, directed by Richard Wilson, The Music Box Theater, Friday, July 29th, 2005

  Who needs to see more about the Holocaust?  Didn't I see enough suffering in New Orleans?

  You need to see more.    No, you did not see enough.                        

"Glass Menagerie" & Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolfe"

Amidst all the revivals of classics of the American stage, two productions really stood out this past Spring: the Lange/Slater "Glass Menagerie" by Tennessee Williams and the brilliant "Who's Afraid of a Virginia Woolf" by Edward Albee with Bill Irwin and Kathleen Turner.

Both productions were remarkable for the artistic choices and the sheer wattage of their stars.